Thanks for posting this. The only thing I am missing from my stirplate was the transformer and I had noticed that train transformers looked very similar to what I needed. Since I am clueless, it is good to have a confirmation.

As long as everything is nice and clean and you keep an airlock on the flask while it's off the stirplate you should be able to make it work. I'd be a little concerned about not getting O2 and the yeast going anaerobic more than infection.

Any reason you can't just get a flask twice the size of your current flask? Also, since you have such an inexpensive stirplate why not just make another?

As long as everything is nice and clean and you keep an airlock on the flask while it's off the stirplate you should be able to make it work. I'd be a little concerned about not getting O2 and the yeast going anaerobic more than infection.

Any reason you can't just get a flask twice the size of your current flask? Also, since you have such an inexpensive stirplate why not just make another?

That's pretty much what I resigned myself to... I'll make up another.

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I'm totally making one of these. My brother in law just gave me a bum computer and I'm gonna gut it for the parts. Question though...I've never made a starter but have read about it. How long do you leave it on the stir plate? Should you oxiginate it?

jmsullivan: probably would require some internal re-wiring, and is probably costing you too much to begin with to boot .

Trodd: how long is a matter of method; many people wait 6-8 hrs. for the activity to maximize and then pitch the whole thing. Others (like me) fear the oxygenated wort, so we let it ferment out over 24 hrs, then put in the fridge for 30 minutes before decanting off the wort and pitching the slurry.